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Nowadays, many of us use social media in our day-to-day lives. It’s used to post news about an engagement, or to announce the birth of a child. Some even use it to get in touch with old school friends they’ve...

The word probate is familiar to most people but often, although they associate it with administering someone’s estate following their death, many people don’t really understand what’s involved until they experience a bereavement. The loss of a loved one can...

Our senior adviser, Anne Wadey, and NBS director, Jean Watkins, feature in the latest issue of Life magazine by Funeral Partners. You can read the full article on ‘Being there for people online with live web chat‘ here on page...

Written by senior bereavement advisor, Anne Wadey These are personal musings and questions rather than firm conclusions prompted by my personal experience, reading and hearing discussions about the need for bereavement focussed organisations to be able to respond specifically to...

For those who want to offer emotional support to someone who is grieving – whether they’re a partner, relative, close friend or colleague – it can be difficult to know what to do or say.  You may ask yourself, what...

At some point in their lives, most of us will be faced with having to arrange a funeral after the loss of a loved one. It’s a difficult time, which often involves finding out what needs to be done and...

Most of us avoid conversations about death and many have never discussed funerals with our nearest and dearest, let alone organising one. As a result, we often find out what’s involved and how much it will cost at one of...

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Two hundred funeral homes and growing across UK Funeral Partners has established a new Northern Ireland region as its most significant acquisition for four years brings its total number of funeral homes across the UK to more than 200. Eighteen...

Speaking truth to power: a decade of groundbreaking work on funeral poverty When QSA first started thinking about the impact of a death in the family for people on low incomes, a decade ago, the phrase “funeral poverty” hadn’t been...